Competition Act, 2002

Chapter: I
Preliminary
Section 1	:	Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2	:	Definitions
Chapter: II
Prohibition of certain agreements, abuse of dominant position and regulation of combinations (Prohibition of agreements)
Section 3	:	Anti-competitive agreements
Chapter: IIa
Prohibition of abuse of dominant position
Section 4	:	Abuse of dominant position
Chapter: IIb
Regulation of combinations
Section 5	:	Combination
Section 6	:	Regulation of combinations
Section 6A	:	Open offers, etc.
Chapter: III
Competition Commission of India
Section 7	:	Establishment of Commission
Section 8	:	Composition of Commission
Section 9	:	Selection Committee for Chairperson and Members of Commission
Section 10	:	Term of office of Chairperson and other Members
Section 11	:	Resignation, removal and suspension of Chairperson and other Members
Section 12	:	Restriction on employment of Chairperson and other Members
Section 13	:	Administrative powers of Chairperson
Section 14	:	Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of services of Chairperson and other Members
Section 15	:	Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Commission
Section 16	:	Appointment of Director General, etc.
Section 17	:	Appointment of Secretary, experts, professionals and officers and other employees of Commission
Chapter: IV
Duties, Powers and Functions of Commission
Section 18	:	Duties and functions of Commission
Section 19	:	Inquiry into certain agreements and dominant position of enterprise
Section 20	:	Inquiry into combination by Commission
Section 21	:	Reference by statutory authority
Section 21A	:	Reference by Commission
Section 22	:	Meetings of Commission
Section 23	:	Distribution of business amongst Commission and Benches (Omitted)
Section 24	:	Procedure for deciding a case where Members of a Bench differ in opinion (Omitted)
Section 25	:	Jurisdiction of Bench (Omitted)
Section 26	:	Procedure for inquiry under section 19
Section 27	:	Orders by Commission after inquiry into agreements or abuse of dominant position
Section 28	:	Division of enterprise enjoying dominant position
Section 29	:	Procedure for investigation of combinations
Section 29A	:	Issue of statement of objections by Commission and proposal of modifications
Section 30	:	Procedure in case of notice under sub-section (2) of section 6
Section 31	:	Orders of Commission on combinations
Section 32	:	Acts taking place outside India but having an effect on competition in India
Section 33	:	Power to issue interim orders
Section 34	:	Power to award compensation (Omitted)
Section 35	:	Appearance before Commission
Section 36	:	Power of Commission to regulate its own procedure
Section 37	:	Review of orders of Commission (Omitted)
Section 38	:	Rectification of orders
Section 39	:	Execution of orders of Commission imposing monetary penalty
Section 40	:	Appeal (Omitted)
Chapter: V
Duties of Director General
Section 41	:	Director General to investigate contraventions
Chapter: VI
Penalties
Section 42	:	Contravention of orders of Commission
Section 42A	:	Compensation in case of contravention of orders of Commission
Section 43	:	Penalty for failure to comply with directions of Commission and Director General
Section 43A	:	Power to impose penalty for nonfurnishing of information on combination
Section 44	:	Penalty for making false statement or omission to furnish material information
Section 45	:	Penalty for contraventions in relation to furnishing of information
Section 46	:	Power to impose lesser penalty
Section 47	:	Crediting sums realised by way of penalties to Consolidated Fund of India
Section 48	:	Contravention by companies
Section 48A	:	Settlement
Section 48B	:	Commitment
Section 48C	:	Revocation of the settlement or commitment order and penalty
Chapter: VII
Competition Advocacy
Section 49	:	Competition advocacy
Chapter: VIII
Finance, Accounts and Audit
Section 50	:	Grants by Central Government
Section 51	:	Constitution of fund
Section 52	:	Accounts and audit
Section 53	:	Furnishing of returns, etc., to Central Government
Chapter: VIIIA
APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
Section 53A	:	Establishment of Appellate Tribunal
Section 53B	:	Appeal to Appellate Tribunal
Section 53C	:	Composition of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53D	:	Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53E	:	Selection Committee (Omitted)
Section 53F	:	Term of office of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53G	:	Terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53H	:	Vacancies (Omitted)
Section 53I	:	Resignation of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53J	:	Member of Appellate Tribunal to act as its Chairperson in certain cases (Omitted)
Section 53K	:	Removal and suspension of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53L	:	Restriction on employment of Chairperson and other Members of Appellate Tribunal in certain cases (Omitted)
Section 53M	:	Staff of Appellate Tribunal (Omitted)
Section 53N	:	Awarding compensation
Section 53O	:	Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal
Section 53P	:	Execution of orders of Appellate Tribunal
Section 53Q	:	Contravention of orders of Appellate Tribunal
Section 53R	:	Vacancy in Appellate Tribunal not to invalidate acts or proceedings (Omitted)
Section 53S	:	Right to legal representation
Section 53T	:	Appeal to Supreme Court
Section 53U	:	Power to punish for contempt
Chapter: IX
Miscellaneous
Section 54	:	Power to exempt
Section 55	:	Power of Central Government to issue directions
Section 56	:	Power of Central Government to supersede Commission
Section 57	:	Restriction on disclosure of information
Section 58	:	Chairperson, Members, Director General, Secretary, officers and other employees, etc., to be public servants
Section 59	:	Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 59A	:	Compounding of certain offences
Section 60	:	Act to have overriding effect
Section 61	:	Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts
Section 62	:	Application of other laws not barred
Section 63	:	Power to make rules
Section 64	:	Power to make regulations
Section 64A	:	Process of issuing regulations
Section 64B	:	Commission to issue guidelines
Section 65	:	Power to remove difficulties
Section 66	:	Repeal and saving